RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SELF-ESTEEM, MOTIVATION, COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH, AND SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE STUDENTS

Abstract

Abstract: This research is aimed to find out the relationships among self-esteem, school motivation,
communicative approach, and speaking achievement of the students. The data were collected through
questionnaires and speaking test. The data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Coefficient
Correlation and Multiple Regression Linear. The results show that there is a positive and significant
relationship between self-esteem and speaking achievement of the students (r = 0.474); there is a positive
and significant relationship between school motivation and speaking achievement of the students (r =
0.561); there is positive and significant relationship between communicative approach and speaking
achievement (r = 0.679); there is a positive and significant relationship between self-esteem and school
motivation (r = 0.567); there is a positive and significant relationship between school motivation and
communicative approach (r = 0.510); there is a positive and significant relationship between self-esteem
and communicative approach (r = 0.590); there is a positive relationship between self-esteem added to
school motivation and communicative approach towards speaking achievement (R = 0.723).
Simultaneously, there is a significant influence of independent variables towards dependent variable of
the research. The contribution of self-esteem, school motivation, and communicative approach towards
speaking achievement of the students is 45.5%.